Archive | July 2nd, 2018

SOCIAL WORKERS’ HUB. National President of Philippine Association of Social Workers, Inc. (PASWI) Eva P. Ponce De Leon [left] and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Regional Director Mercedita P. Jabagat lead the ribbon cutting ceremony at the blessing and inauguration of the Social Workers’ Hub inside the DSWD Compound in Davao City. The hub will serve as office of PASWI Davao City Chapter as well as meeting point of social workers from government, academe, industry, hospital, among others. Further, it will also be a repository of reading materials and references on social work and social development. (DSWD)

BOYS CARE CENTER. Mayor Allan L. Rellon [2nd from right] of Tagum City and Ma. Elena S. Labrador [2nd from left], Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Chief of Protective Services Division, lead the signing of the Detailed Engineering Design and Ground Breaking Rites on Thursday for the construction of the Boys Care Center, a facility for male children situated in armed conflict (CSAC) and male children victimized by human trafficking. Located in Purok Tipaz, Magugpo East, the center was conceptualized and proposed by DSWD and is funded at Php 19 million by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) under PAMANA Pillar II. Other signatories are Arch. Louella May L. Apurada, MSC of LGU Tagum and Oliver M. Binancilan, OPAPP Davao Area Program Manager. Witnessing the event are officials of Tagum City, DSWD and Department of Justice (DOJ). (DSWD)